The neurologist looked at my long list of problems, my long list of seemingly unrelated symptoms and said...
I have both small fiber neuropathy and large fiber neuropathy.
Knowing I have a physical condition takes a lot of stress off me. I was almost crying with happiness when she told me she knew what was wrong with me. Again, a female doctor (first Zahabi and now Gupta) has been able to nail my problems after actually READING the massive amounts of materials I provided and LISTENING to me.
Going in for a series of tests and blood work this week and next.
She's also put me on Cymbalta for the shooting pain/tingling in my legs, starting off with a low dose and progressing to larger doses as the weeks continue. I'm not too happy about this but maybe I can stop taking it after a while, when we get this under better control.
I can no longer take the stress of looking for a home, especially since we found a lovely one last Sunday we cannot afford. rat is going to go on the viewings alone and report back to me. He will only show me awesome homes we can actually afford on our limited budget.
I've also told the realtor to stop emailing me and only deal with rat. Honestly, just seeing her emails sends stress through my body and tingling into my legs. Seeing commercials with happy people leaving their pretty homes can put my body into stress.
I have to concentrate on my health first and foremost right now.
On my own I'm trying tapping...
Since I made the list of my past history, I'll post it here for grins
What is already wrong with me:
1. Ankylosing Spondylitis - flares periodically and never predictably 2. Permanent Costochondritis in ribcage - gets better between flares but can go out on its own depending on exercise 3. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - comes and goes depending on how much computer work I do and periodic flares 4. Tardy Ulna Palsy - have to watch leaning on my elbows 5. Myofascial Syndrome in both arms and chest along the ribcage - comes and goes, especially during flares 6. Sciatica on both sides now, but mostly on the left - comes and goes 7. Pinched nerve in left shoulder (got better) 8. Periodic Tendonitis and Bursitis - comes and goes, sometimes with flares, sometimes when just moving 9. Osteoporosis (bones of an 85 yr old) 10. Damaged ACL in left knee (never operated on so it's still tricky) - never know when it will go out from stepping 'wrong' 11. Sjogren's Syndrome - comes and goes 12. TMJ - comes and goes so I have to pop it back 13. Back is curved back more than usual, which compresses my lower disk (had a recent MRI with Sekhavat to prove this) 14. Recurring Bronchitis (if I cough I flare my costochondritis and sometimes my arthritis then I get bronchitis) 15. Recurring sinus problems - coughing is bad for me 16. Fragile lungs due to cigarette smoke poisoning and bug spray poisoning in December 2009 and January 2010 17. On 2/17/10 diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to a series of stressful/traumatic events which began December 6, 2009 and had presumably ended February 1, 2010.
Thanks: --> to Lia, my sensei, who has inspired me to draw again. I
wouldn't be doing this without your support, Domo Arigato!
--> to Talon, for sending me her fabulous fics, inspiring me with her writing to draw my first
illustration for a story and actually liking what I drew.
--> to Dasia, for her words of encouragement when drawing her original chara.
--> to Joules, a wonderful epic fic writer, for liking my art enough to want to post them with Talon's
and her own stories.
--> to Lutra, the other half of the epic team, for being so supportive.
--> to Jacque' & Becca Raddittzu, we met on eBay as bidder and sellers and now we are face-to-face
friends. You showed us the real DBZ with your fansubs. It's all your fault the house is full of
doujinshi! *LOL*
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